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Report: West Ham turn attention to new left-back target, another £900,000 will meet asking price

2nd August, 2016, 9:12 AM

By Will Butcher

West Ham have turned their attention to Palermo left-back Achraf Lazaar as they step up their search for Aaron Cresswell’s replacement.

Cresswell, 26, injured his knee in a pre-season friendly against German side Karlsruher and will be sidelined for up to four months.

Goal.com have claimed that West Ham are set to go head-to-head with Italian giants Roma for the Morocco international.

Lazaar, who can also play on the left-side of midfield, has less than 12 months remaining on his Rosanero deal and is available at a cut-price £3.4million.

Journalist Bruno Andrade, who wrote the article for Goal.com, claimed via his personal Twitter account that the Hammers were looking to pay £2.5million for the former Varese defender, £900,000 less than the asking price.

Andrade’s translated tweet read: Lyon made a proposal of ‎€2million for Lazaar. Palermo wants at least ‎€4million. Rome and West Ham will try to offer ‎€3million.